Re: HPLIP: equivalent of ptal-devid wanted

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On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 03:10:06PM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote:

> AS HPLIP does not grab the devices permanently, you can also use the=20
> independent programs
>=20
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/getusbprinterid.pl
>=20
> or
>=20
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printing/usb_id_test.c
>=20
> The code of the Perl version I use in printerdrake of Mandriva Linux.
>=20
> The programs work with all USB printers, also non-HP printers.

Yes, indeed, but that doesn't really help.  I would still have to
parse an ID like 'hp:/usb/DESKJET_990C?serial=3DUS05N1J00XLG' to work
out which device to use.

Much easier would be a program like hp-devid (attached).

Tim.
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#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Based on HPLIP info.py:

# (c) Copyright 2003-2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
#
# Author: Don Welch
#


# Std Lib
import sys
import os
import getopt
import re

sys.path.append ("/usr/share/hplip")

# Local
from base.g import *
from base import device, service, status, utils
   =20
log.set_level ('none')

try:
    device_uri =3D sys.argv[1]
except:
    device_uri =3D utils.getInteractiveDeviceURI( "usb" )

try:
    d =3D device.Device( None, device_uri, None )
except Error:
    log.error( "Error opening device. Exiting." )
    sys.exit(0)

try:
    s =3D None
    try:
        s =3D service.Service()
    except Error:
        log.error( "Unable to contact services daemon. Exiting." )
        sys.exit(0)
   =20
    try:
        data =3D s.queryDevice( d.device_uri, 0, STATUS_PRINTER_IDLE, False=
 )
    except Error:
        log.error( "Device query failed." )
    else:
        print data["deviceid"]

finally:
    log.debug( "Closing services..." )
    if s is not None:=20
        s.close()
    if d is not None and d.io_state =3D=3D IO_STATE_HP_OPEN:
        d.close()


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